The article title definitely seems surprising, being that it’s coming from the proclaimed tactical wizards of the Football Manager community. Although we can’t stress enough how important your tactics are in determining success in the game - the underlying factor is still true. No matter how good your team’s stats or how perfect your team’s tactics - if your players are not motivated to play the match at hand, you’re going to have a tough time coming home with three points.

“Players lose you games, not tactics. There’s so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes.” - Brian Clough

In the 500+ man hours that FM-Britain has put in working on our latest release of Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10, we have come to realize that the psychological underpinnings behind the game of football are quite undervalued when approaching a team’s ultimate goals. How is it possible that a club blazing at the top of the table can still be throughly outplayed by relegation fodder on the weekend?

This question is what our newest eBook addresses. You’re not the only one struggling to get consistent results from match to match in Football Manager. We have had the same problems ourselves - and have looked to rectify them!

That’s why we’re tackling the issue head on. By providing you with our guide to optimizing your team’s chances of success. By helping you navigate the multitude of variables, options and decisions in man management the game puts in front of you. By teaching you the most effective use of communication and how to embark in psychological warfare. Now you can motivate your team to play their very best every game in FM2010!

An exclusive preview of the bonus audio included with the eBook

In the introduction to Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10, Gareth Millward discusses the overall scope of the book and the fundamental philosophies in how FM-Britain looks at the game series.

• The research behind the making of the eBook.
• Do poor team talks essentially render the best tactics useless?
• The ongoing learning curve of the FM series - are guides like this almost necessary?
• Learning how and why the game works as it does - a conceptual approach.
• How does FM stack up as a simulated recreation of real-life man management?
• Feedback from the community: Sports Interactive’s commitment to excellence.

At 22 minutes in length, this segment is taken directly out of the bonus audio included with Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10. That means there’s still over 2 hours of additional commentary left for you to listen to and absorb - a complete “director’s cut” of the entire eBook to go alongside the text version!

Preview it right now:

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